► Meet the entrants -------THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED----------------- IT’S time for our annual search for the Hunter’s best backyard photographer – the Newcastle Herald Summer Photo Competition 2015. Share with us your best picture and you could win one of three digital camera packages from Domayne, Kotara. All you have to do is capture a “summer moment” and send it in. You can shoot with anything from an iPhone to a Box Brownie. The best photo will win a Canon 1200D with two lenses (one Canon, one Tamron), valued at a total of $899. Second prize is a Sony Alpha 5000 DSLR, valued at $699. There will also be a readers’ choice section, with online voting at theherald.com.au. The winner will receive a Panasonic TZ40 ultra zoom compact, valued at $499. EMAIL a maximum of three photos as jpeg attachments to photocomp@theherald.com.au. Entries must include your name, address, phone number, photo title, brief description of the photo and date it was taken. Photos must be a minimum of 150kb and a maximum of 1mb. The competition closes January 23, 2015. The best photo will win a Canon 1200D with two lenses (one Canon, one Tamron), valued at a total of $899. PLUS 500 free 6x4 prints from Domayne Kotara and display the winner in store for 2 months. Sony Alpha 5000 DSLR, valued at $699. PLUS 300 free 6x4 prints from Domayne Kotara and display the winner in store for 2 months. Panasonic TZ40 ultra zoom compact, valued at $499. PLUS 200 free 6x4 prints from Domayne Kotara and display the winner in store for 2 months. All three winners will get to keep the print that was displayed in the store.

IT’S time for our annual search for the Hunter’s best backyard photographer – the Newcastle Herald Summer Photo Competition 2015.

Share with us your best picture and you could win one of three digital camera packages from Domayne, Kotara.

All you have to do is capture a “summer moment” and send it in.

You can shoot with anything from an iPhone to a Box Brownie.

The best photo will win a Canon 1200D with two lenses (one Canon, one Tamron), valued at a total of $899.

Second prize is a Sony Alpha 5000 DSLR, valued at $699.

There will also be a readers’ choice section, with online voting at theherald.com.au.

The winner will receive a Panasonic TZ40 ultra zoom compact, valued at $499.

Last year's winning entry in the Summer Herald photo competition by Wendy Manwarring.

EMAIL a maximum of three photos as jpeg attachments to photocomp@theherald.com.au. Entries must include your name, address, phone number, photo title, brief description of the photo and date it was taken. Photos must be a minimum of 150kb and a maximum of 1mb. The competition closes January 23, 2015.

The best photo will win a Canon 1200D with two lenses (one Canon, one Tamron), valued at a total of $899.